HENAN, CHINA (ANS) -- A Christian youth camp was raided in Nanyang city, Henan on Thursday, July 23.

According to ChinaAid (www.chinaaid.org), more than 20 students were participating in a summer youth camp at No. 23, Lizhuang, Pushan town, Wuolong district, Nanyang city, Henan, China, when they were raided by a number of Public Security Bureau (PSB) and Religious Affairs Bureau (RAB) officials.

“The raid took place at 12 noon, and all of the students were taken away for further interrogation,” said a ChinaAid spokesperson.

The students, who were all under 18 years old, were released and dispatched back to their homes in the afternoon. Two instructors, Ms. Cheng Ping, 40 years old, and Ms. Miao Miao, age 30, were sent to the Yongan Lu Detention Center of Nanyang city.

“They were reportedly sentenced to administrative detention,” added the ChinaAid spokesperson. “The lengths of their sentences are unknown because the church leaders who organized the camp were threatened by officials not to speak to the public about this case.”

Dan Wooding, 68, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma of 46 years. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS); and US Bureau Chief for the Missionaries News Service (www.missionariesnews.tv) and Safe Worlds IPTV’s Faith, Hope and Charity channel. He was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC., and now hosts the weekly "Front Page Radio" show on KWVE in Southern California and which is also carried on the Calvary Radio Network throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on UCB UK and Calvary Chapel Radio UK. Wooding is the author of some 42 books, the latest of which is his autobiography, "From Tabloid to Truth", which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, go to www.fromtabloidtotruth.com. E-mail: danjuma1@aol.com.